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News Serving DX’ers since 1933 Volume 83, No. 12 ● March 7, 2016 ● (ISSN 0737-1639) Inside this issue . 2 … AM Switch 19 … LBI 14 DXPedition Report 28 … Geomagnetic Indices 5 … Domestic DX Digest East 24 … DX Toolbox 28 … Domestic DX Achivements 12 … Domestic DX Digest West 25 … From the Archives 30 … A Wave of Discontent 17 … International DX Digest 26 … FSL for PL-380 (ct’d) 31 … FCC Silent List/New CP List From the Publisher: We’ll now start our spring when he had his hip replaced, but now the slowdown, next issue is in three weeks. But we basement cleaning continues. The following have a strong, full issue here and – if you keep issues of DX News are still available: Volumes 54‐ supporting your favorite columns – we’ll have 57 (1968‐1989); 41 (Partial 1973); 22‐37 (1954‐1969); plenty of material to fill our spring issues. and 15‐18 (1947‐1950). We also have available 2016 DXers Gathering: DXers in AM, FM, and copies of “The Radio Book,” the 2008‐2009 and TV, including the NRC, IRCA, WTFDA, and 2009‐2010 editions. And from the huge collection DecaloMania will gather on September 9‐11, 2016 of the late Kermit Geary, we have many postcards in Kansas City, MO. Plan to arrive on Thursday that were included with his many veries. If there for 3 nights, and we end Sunday at noon. is a postcard collector who wishes these they are The Gathering will be held at the Hyatt Place also available for the cost of postage. But, if you Kansas City Airport, 7600 NW 97th Terrace. To speak for any items, Wayne needs your payment reserve your hotel room, call 1‐816‐891‐0871 x3 and shipping instructions no later than March 15. and ask for the Group Rate for the National Radio Any items not claimed by that date will be Club, group code G‐NRCC. The deadline for hotel heading to the recycle bin. Contact Wayne at the reservations is August 18. Rates are $99.00 per NRC P.O. Box on the back page. night for 1 to 3 persons per room, plus taxes and Membership Report fees. Free airport transfers and breakfast each “My 55th year!” – Chuck Reh. morning. New Members: Welcome to Michael Irizarry, Registration: $55 per person which includes a Barrington Hills, IL; and Randy Trank, free Friday evening pizza party and Saturday Winnebago, IL. evening banquet. Checks made payable to Rejoining Member: Welcome back to Stephen “National Radio Club” and sent to Ernest J. Wynn, Lakewood, CO. Wesolowski, 13312 Westwood Lane, Omaha, NE Renewing Members: Thanks for the continued 68144‐3543. Please mention which club(s) you support of Charles L. Bartlett; Alex Calabrese belong to for club treasury info. Dale Hamm WA2ADS; Brian Dellit; Stephen Francis; Arthur W5LN and Ernie are your hosts. Jackson; Jefferson E Lewis; Forest Osborn; Charles Back Issues and Other Things Available: Reh; Mike Strand; and Tim Tomljanovich. Wayne Heinen’s house cleaning went on hold 36th Edition of the National Radio Club’s AM Radio Log Is Available and Shipping! The NRC AM Log is a comprehensive list of AM radio stations in the United States and Canada, with all the information a DXer needs – power, schedule, format, slogan, networks, address, and more. And it’s continually updated through the AM Switch column here in DX News (and Interim AM Switch weekly on e‐ DXN.com). Order by snail mail by check or money order in U.S. funds to National Radio Club, P.O. Box 473251, Aurora, CO 80047‐3251 or order using your Pay Pal account at www.nrcdxas.org. To U.S. addresses, $22.95 to members, $28.95 to non‐ members, add $4.00 for Priority Mail delivery; to Canadian addresses it’s US$36.25 and overseas US$41.75. Volume 83 DX News Schedule No Deadline Pub. Date 15 Apr. 29 May 9 18 July 22 Aug. 1 13 Mar. 18 Mar. 28 16 May 27 June 6 19 Aug. 19 Aug. 29 14 Apr. 8 Apr. 18 17 June 24 June 6 20 Sept. 9 Sept. 19 Publishers’ deadline is 2400 ELT on Friday nights – DX News posted that weekend to e‐DXN.com, and in most U.S. mailboxes on or around the Monday masthead date. 2 Info to David Yocis, 9412 FerryAM Landing Ct., Switch Alexandria, VA 22309, [email protected] Canadian information from CRTC complied by Shawn Axelrod and Dan Sys NRC AM Log updates from Wayne Heinen, [email protected] Official Updates from the FCC and the CRTC CALL CHANGES 990 WXCT CT Southington – Call change to WNTY (Feb. 11); had these calls until 2003. 1050 WBNM AL Alexander City – Call change to WLMA (Feb. 18). 1160 KFXE IA Waukon – Call change to KMRV (Feb. 24). 1270 KFSQ CA Thousand Palms – Call change to KVGH (Feb. 23); station is silent. CONSTRUCTION PERMITS FOR EXISTING STATIONS CPs fully licensed and on the air: 820 WCPT IL Willow Springs – CP for U2 5800/1500, day site moving to 41‐58‐53/87‐46‐20, is on the air. 1340 WNBH MA New Bedford – CP for U1 1000/960, moving to 41‐38‐29/70‐57‐34, is on the air. 1570 KMCD IA Fairfield – CP for U1 250/110, coordinates to 41‐00‐20/92‐01‐07, is on the air. CP built, nearing final licensing: 920 WEZZ AL Brantley – Applies for license to cover CP with D1 450, moving from Monroeville AL and 930 kHz. CPs granted: 630 WREY MN St. Paul – Granted CP for U4 5000/1600 from a new site (44‐44‐58/92‐59‐40). 1490 WCHM GA Clarkesville – Granted CP for U1 790/790. 1570 WMVX MA Beverly – Granted CP for U1 31000/102, moving to Methuen MA and 42‐40‐ 26/71‐11‐26. 1580 KHEP AZ Tempe – Granted CP for U1 50000/95 from a new site (33‐29‐36/112‐08‐18). Applications for CP filed: 980 WHAW WV Lost Creek – Applies for U1 25000/46 from a new tower at 39‐01‐39/80‐26‐34, replacing similar existing CP that has expired. 1050 KEYF WA Dishman – Applies for U1 25000/360 from its old tower at 47‐35‐58/117‐22‐38, contingent upon FCC approval of the station’s impending sale. 1310 KIHP AZ Mesa – Applies for U1 3400/260, using KDUS‐1060 tower at 33‐21‐43/111‐58‐01. 1480 KRXR ID Gooding – Applies for U1 10000/100 on 1470 kHz, CoL to Kuna ID and moving to a new tower to be built at 43‐27‐35/116‐13‐19. 1510 KSPA CA Ontario – Applies for U4 10000/6000, replacing CP that has expired. SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY (STA) 567 KGUM GU Agaña – Applies for STA with U1 5000/5000 from a temporary antenna; tower fell in a storm on Jan. 29. 1050 KEYF WA Dishman – Granted STA with U1 4000/260 from old tower, 47‐35‐58/117‐22‐38. 1210 KHKR UT Washington – Granted STA with reduced day power (now using U1 250/250). Applications to extend existing STAs were received from WIOD‐610 Miami FL (U4 10000/10000 to overcome Cuban QRM); WTLN‐950 Orlando FL (U2 12000/10000 to overcome Cuban QRM); KAAY‐ 1090 Little Rock AR (U1 50000/10000); WZHF‐1390 Arlington VA (CP site with “substantially adjusted” parameters); KMYC‐1410 Marysville CA (U1 1250/250); and WRHC‐1550 Coral Gables FL (U1 1800/125). Previously reported applications to extend existing STAs were granted to WDIZ‐590 Panama City FL, WKZO‐590 Kalamazoo MI, WRJZ‐620 Knoxville TN, WMEN‐640 Royal Palm Beach FL, WQNO‐ 690 New Orleans LA, WQXI‐790 Atlanta GA, WFTL‐850 West Palm Beach FL, KUFO‐970 Portland OR, WLMA‐1050 Alexander City AL, WRIE‐1260 Erie PA, KFRN‐1280 Long Beach CA, WTKS‐1290 Savannah GA, KKNS‐1310 Corrales NM, KSDT‐1320 Hemet CA, WINT‐1330 Willoughby OH, WYOS‐1360 Binghamton NY, and WRXB‐1590 St. Petersburg Beach FL. SILENT STATIONS Formerly silent stations informing the FCC that they are no longer silent: 920 WEZZ AL Brantley – Silent Feb. 6 (2015) on 930 kHz; on the air here with CP Jan. 30. 3 1030 WOSO PR San Juan – Silent Oct. 21 (2014); on the air with STA Oct. 21 (2015). 1480 KBXD TX Dallas – Silent Dec. 21 (2015); on the air with new transmitter Feb. 20. 1490 WPAK VA Farmville – Silent Aug. 7 (2015); on the air with reduced power Aug. 29 (2015). Stations informing the FCC that they are silent: 1360 WHCG GA Metter – Silent Feb. 5, tower collapsed during tower work. 1500 WASN OH Youngstown – Silent Feb. 15 during further transmitter repairs. Skip Dabelstein sends a clipping from the Tucson Star saying that KEVT‐1210 went silent Feb. 25 and plans to move the “PowerTalk 1210” format to the Internet. COORDINATE CORRECTION 900 WDLS WI Wisconsin Dells – Applies for CP to correct coordinates to 43‐38‐17/89‐43‐17. 970 WKHM MI Jackson – Applies for CP to correct coordinates to 42‐11‐34/84‐25‐44. 1370 KAWL NE York – Applies for CP to correct coordinates to 40‐50‐34/97‐35‐17. CANADA 1140 CBI NS Sydney – Nested repeater on 92.1 MHz is on the air; 1140 operation unaffected. 1340 CBEY ON Moosonee – LPRT applies to move to 99.9 MHz FM. 1450 CHOU QC Montréal – Granted CP for nested repeated on 104.5 MHz in the Montréal borough of Saint‐Léonard; not a move to FM, CHOU will stay on 1450 kHz. NRC AM Log Updates 570 WNAX SD Yankton – Add network Ne.